win.MultiByteToWideChar
str_out = win.MultiByteToWideChar (str_in, codepage [, flags]) Parameters: str_in : string in multi-byte encoding codepage : integer flags : string, a combination of 0 or more of the following characters: 'p' -> MB_PRECOMPOSED 'c' -> MB_COMPOSITE 'e' -> MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS 'u' -> MB_USEGLYPHCHARS Returns: str_out : string in wide character encoding, or nil+error message. Windows API used: MultiByteToWideChar